The Trump administration has released $250 million in military aid to Ukraine that had been held up despite criticism that the money was desperately needed to deter Russian aggression and territorial expansion.
That move came before a Senate Appropriations panel debate Thursday, when lawmakers from ...

Despite frequent mass shootings, U.S. Congress has proven unable to pass substantial gun violence legislation, in large part because of resistance from Republicans.
But a bipartisan proposal by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal is gaining momentum following weekend mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. ...

Setting aside some of his hard-line rhetoric on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wanted to recruit "top talent" to America as he unveiled his latest efforts to reform residency laws after years of setbacks and stalemates.
"We discriminate against genius," Trump ...

Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday will face lawmakers' questions for the first time since releasing special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report, in what promises to be a dramatic showdown as he defends his actions before Democrats who accuse him of spinning the investigation's ...

Republican and Democratic U.S. senators blasted President Donald Trump's proposal for a 23 percent cut in the U.S. budget for foreign aid and diplomacy as "insane" and "short-sighted" on Tuesday, and said it would not pass.
"We're not going to approve this budget reduction. It's ...

Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham, a close ally of Donald Trump, called for more sanctions on Russia and criticized presidential adviser Jared Kushner's statements downplaying the significance of that country's interference in the 2016 election.
"I like Jared a lot, but he's leaving out a big ...

President Donald Trump said Monday the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's full report "wouldn't bother me at all" as congressional Democrats clamored for the Justice Department to release the entire document and not just the summary from Attorney General William Barr.
Trump's remarks came ...

A leading Senate Republican said on Monday he would ask Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to probe whether U.S. law enforcement officials made missteps in their investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia.
A day after the ...

An influential U.S. senator allied to President Donald Trump toured the occupied Golan Heights on Monday and vowed to work to have Washington recognize Israeli sovereignty over the strategic plateau.
Lindsey Graham's pledge was a boost to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who toured the Golan ...

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he could subpoena Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to explore allegations they discussed whether President Donald Trump could be removed from office.
McCabe said in an interview to air on the CBS show ...

With the U.S. government mired in its fourth week of shutdown, President Donald Trump rejected a short-term legislative fix and dug in for more combat Monday, declaring he would "never ever back down."
Trump rejected a suggestion to reopen the government for several weeks while ...

The Republican head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he plans to ask the FBI about a report it launched a probe into whether President Donald Trump has been working on Russia's behalf, suggesting the agency may have gone too far.
"I ...